Eoin Morgan is the surprise inclusion in England’s squad for the first Test
with Sri Lanka, getting the nod ahead of Ravi Bopara to replace Paul
Collingwood, who has retired from Test cricket.

Bopara scored successive centuries for Essex and was expected to be a shoo-in,
but the selectors instead opted for 24-year-old Morgan after he scored 193
for the England Lions against Sri Lanka last week. Bopara, who has struggled
to get a run in the side, will be left wondering what he has to do to get
back into the team, but the selectors have no doubts that they have made the
right decision.

“We believe we have selected a very strong squad for the first Test,” national
selector Geoff Miller said in a statement. “Eoin Morgan impressed us last
summer when he was given his opportunity in the Test